Nuclear South West is a public/private partnership supporting the nuclear industry with innovation, skills and £50 billion of supply chain opportunities. Nuclear South West
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Hinkley Point C new nuclear power station is a major £18 billion development project led by EDF Energy. Located in Somerset, this will be Europe’s largest construction project and the UK’s first new nuclear power station in a generation. Hundreds of contracts will be let to companies of all sizes across the 10-year build. The South West is the ideal location in its own right. The construction On the journey to that vision we to service Hinkley Point C and other and operation of Hinkley Point C is a are determined that local people contracts across the UK and Europe. long-term venture which will provide should be able to maximise the skills, employment and supply chain EDF Energy’s vision for Hinkley Point tremendous opportunities and opportunities that are available, C is about much more than building a economic benefits for the whole region, and we are delighted to be working new £18 billion nuclear power station and also provide a catalyst for further with our partners to achieve that. and providing 25,000 job opportunities. economic growth and productivity. David Eccles, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, It is an enormous industrial venture Hinkley Point C EDF Energy. Oldbury Power Station
Horizon Nuclear Power is a UK energy company developing a new generation of nuclear power stations. A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., we plan to provide at least 5,400MW of new power station capacity across two sites in the UK, enough to power around 10 million homes.
Our second site proposed is near Oldbury in South Gloucestershire and a fundamental principle for Horizon’s developments is that the Oldbury programme should take advantage of learnings from Wylfa Newydd, our lead site. Horizon is aiming to secure first electricity generation at Wylfa Newydd within the first half of the 2020s.
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A Skilled Workforce
With an incredibly skilled, yet cost-effective workforce, Nuclear South West is already home to over 8,000 Nuclear Engineers, expecting to rise to 42,000 at the height of the projects.
The South West has an unparalleled as the Hinkley Point Training reputation for Nuclear Skills Agency, to ensure delivery of Programmes, from school-age, highly-skilled workers for the advancing through the region’s industry. Gloucestershire Science excellent Colleges and Universities. & Technology Park Berkeley Green In response to growing nuclear will provide specialist high quality skills demands, South West training vocational and academic education in providers work in partnership with Advanced Manufacturing and Digital EDF Energy and Tier 1 contractors Technologies including Cyber Security.
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Decommissioning Wider Opportunities The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority spends £3 billion per year, with £1.75 billion within the supply Not only can South West based chain, supporting 3,500 companies including SMEs. companies benefit from huge nuclear sector opportunities over the next 10-20 years, they could also find Hinkley Point A is owned by Magnox Ltd. and is currently being decommissioned. opportunities in other world-leading Hinkley Point B is owned by EDF Energy and is scheduled to operate until sectors. 2023. There are likely to be further contract opportunities in the future. Magnox Ltd. has its headquarters in the South West and a major programme Those with transferable technologies of work is underway to decommission and dismantle the two reactors at and products could work within the the Winfrith site in Dorset, as well as the sites in Oldbury and Berkeley. largest Aerospace Cluster in Europe, the fastest growing Tech Cluster in the UK, innovative Marine and Low Carbon Nuclear Defence Energy Industries and strong Financial and Professional Services. There is an active nuclear defence programme in the UK, which offers supply chain opportunities. Key Nuclear South West defence companies The opportunities for growth include the Ministry of Defence, AWE, Jacobs Engineering, Babcock and diversification in the region International and Thales UK. are many and varied.
A significant Submarine Dismantling Project will be undertaken at Devonport, Plymouth. Nuclear South West The National College for Nuclear
The new South West The Southern hub of the College, Campus will train a partnership between the British Government, Bridgwater College and future workers and nuclear employers led by EDF Energy develop world-class will provide a reactor simulator and nuclear skills. virtual reality engineering learning facilities. High-tech specialist training will meet the skills needs of nuclear industry employers across the UK.
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Research & Development
The South West is at the World-leading research institutes facilities for collaborative forefront of research include the South West Nuclear research. The University of Bath that supports the safe Hub, which incorporates excels in the fields of Advanced and efficient operation of the Bristol – Oxford Nuclear Materials, Modelling, Sustainable nuclear systems in the UK Research Centre - a collaboration Technologies, Process and around the world. between the Universities of Development and Supply Bristol and Oxford. The South Chain Analysis. West Nuclear Hub is a gateway to nuclear energy related research The UK Government has capability across the region, pledged £250 million for and offers collaborative innovative nuclear technologies, research opportunities and the area has the high- to industry partners. level skills, cutting edge R&D facilities, and significant The University of Exeter’s Centre advanced manufacturing for Additive Layer Manufacturing and engineering capability to and the University of Plymouth’s provide the correct conditions Electron Microscopy Centre for the emerging Small also offer companies a chance Modular Reactor technology. to use world-class research 1 6 7 Licensed sites Berkeley, Magnox Ltd 5 4 3 HMNB, Devonport Hinkley Point A, Magnox Ltd Hinkley Point B, EDF Energy Hinkley Point C, EDF Energy 8 Oldbury New Build, Horizon Nuclear Power Oldbury, Magnox Ltd 2 With a range of cities, countryside and Winfrith, Magnox Ltd coast, the South West offers a fantastic quality of life, efficient transport links providing easy access to London, the rest of the UK and beyond, and superfast broadband which completes the package.
The South West Cluster premises, including several Enterprise Why Invest in UK Nuclear? Zones and Areas. team offers extensive The British Government regards business support to nuclear power as the most Nuclear South West has a Nuclear important segment of the UK’s companies interested Industry Network to maximise supply energy security portfolio and as in investing and chain development, networking and such a major catalyst for growth. growing here. coaching events. The UK has one of the world’s A Soft Landing Package, with industry The Hinkley Supply Chain Team, based largest new nuclear build ambassadors, national and local at the brand-new Somerset Energy programmes, with plans to contacts and expertise can ease the Innovation Centre, provides an online build around 16GWe of new investment process. Financial and Supply Chain Portal for EDF Energy, capacity, offering up to £70 in-kind support initiatives are available connecting potential suppliers with billion in additional investment. and the region offers a huge selection lucrative contracts. of high-quality development sites and The South West is an ideal base from which to service nuclear contracts across the UK and Europe.
For any Nuclear South West opportunities please contact us at: [email protected] nuclearsouthwest.co.uk +44 (0)7788 325 151 +44 (0)1179 434 858 @NuclearSW